I haven't finished watching yet but just want to say I am so glad Larry David complemented Kevin so highly. It is absolutely true, he is very good at this.
It's ovbvious that Larry enjoyed himself here, never saw him so spontaneous and laughing up a storm! When I started to write this he said it himself...
That’s funny cause I’m going through major depression currently and I just started over from the beginning on all seasons. It’s the one and only show ever that has made me actually laugh out loud. I appreciate comedy but it takes a lot to make me lol. Curb is my very favorite show of all time. There’s no other show I can watch repeatedly and enjoy so much.
The interweaving on "Seinfeld" always amazed me. They tied together completely unrelated things at the end of the show in ways that were always a surprise!
With mist sitcoms that ever were, the ending was the most predictable part of any show; but with Seinfeld, the surprising interacrion of A and B and sometimes C storylines always managed to bring something from out of left field that was always unpredictable, hilarious, and satisfying.
The podcast version has an ad for hair re-growth. I thought it was a joke at first. I started to die laughing!!! I can’t believe this was done on the Larry David episode!!!
By coincidence I once screamed at my boss and walked off, calling him names and telling him, I quit. I waited 3 whole days, before returning. I said nothing, my boss said nothing and I returned to my position, among my fellow workers and continued working for the company for another 15 years.
@@billybatts9491 You're right. Because I had a similar situation where I got my ass beat, then proceeded to say nothing about it after, it actually felt good to get my ass beat, because I kinda deserved it, and the tension was crazy, thought I left the job after this, it was for unrelated reasons, bosses son, always leaving me a bunch of dishes, left him the same pile of shit, even though that's against my current morals, I usually like to lead by example now rather than hateful, spiteful backtalk and charades.
@@billybatts9491 But to clarify, I didn't leave him the pile of shit to get back at him, I just didn't care about the company anymore, and they didn't do anything good for me in terms of respect and a helping hand, at least in the term of fair distribution of work. They were friendly to me at times, and I respect that, and he had a good man code seemingly, the boss that is, not the owners son, who also had a good man code, relatively. It was really that his son also worked for us, and would leave an unfair distribution or work, as well as ignorance in the kitchen, that got me to leave.
What made CYE so special is how they captured true human nature. All their scenes are organic and improvised. It's a tongue-in-cheek parody of the Hollywood mainstream media culture, and their petty self-righteous narcissism in their own little gated communities. The setting writes the jokes for itself... All the characters have to do is react.
It assuredly does not write itself... LD is a master of his craft, the hallmark of genius is in your reaction: it appears to be simple but that is deceptive. No animosity meant by the way, always wary on you tube comments in case they escalate to calling each other Hitler :)
@@icemaglite It's well-known that CYE had basically no script. All the actors and even Larry David himself says that. Watch the documentary. Larry David hated writing scripts, going all the way back to Seinfield. So, beyond an extremely vague outline of the set and setting, everything was improvised and organic reactions. In that sense, the comedy does write itself. It's all done on the fly. That's what made it great and so relatable, despite how hilariously absurd it can be. And that's what truly makes a comedic genius. Not script-writing. There's no complexity in it. He's just a naturally hilarious person and surrounded himself with a great improvisational cast and turned the cameras on. It was most definitely simple. Simply comedy. That's rare and novel these days.
@@veritaslibertas4976 the situations are very meticulously worked out. He couldn't possibly have a story arc for an entire season without a tight structure. Have a look at him talking to Ricky Gervais, he shows him a typical breakdown, for one episode (think it was the carpool lane, but don't quote me on that), they're about 7 pages of solid text. It's planned, but has scope to improvise within the scene.
@@icemaglite Well Larry David himself, along with all the cast, disagree with you lol.. The cast said that many times, they didn't even fully know what the scene would be about. As I said, watch the documentary. There is only an extremely short script with only a vague description of the set and setting. Larry David hates writing scripts. It's mostly improvised and off-the-cuff. Their words, not mine. So until you watch the documentary, we'll just have to agree to disagree.
Great. As always Kevin. Keep doing what you're doing. Of course with Larry it's pretty much can't miss. Just a head's up, I contributed $4.50 to Save the Bay Foundation in your name. I won't be surprised if you get a short note of gratitude from them. They're nice people and deserve our support.
I was at the Improv in NYC on a Saturday night with some good friends a few decades ago and David Brenner happened to be in the audience. So the MC introduced David who stood up and everyone gave him a big round of applause. Then the MC proceeded to goad the audience into getting Brenner to favor us with a joke. The more David kept shaking his hand and head to indicate "No way!," the more the MC and audience applauded, so finally Brenner relented. He took the mic and began to tell a joke and he was so fucked up on quasudes or something, he could barely talk and the joke fell flat on its face. Lesson learned. Haha
Fantastic interview, real comfortable atmosphere and good humour from all 3 parties. I didn't know Pollack had a show like this, but one episode later I am a big fan! Also, what a nice surprise to see Levine... I really loved him on Freaks and Geeks.
...my first time catching Kevin Pollak's chat show. He is terrific on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...plays so well in the scenes with Tony Shalhoub...particularly the ones I recall from the Catkills resort episode. Miss what I assume to have been the prime time of the Jewish Catskills...I worked in Liberty, NY at a special ed. camp from 1981-1984....Singer's Restaurant in Liberty, as well as Grossinger's (famous for golf and rye bread were both closed by 1986)...same with so many area resorts like Kutscher's, Brown's...eventually The Concord. (sigh) The MMM show really seemed to bring the smaller family resort to life (at least from what the 'old-timers' told me...including a couple...the Itzkowitz's who worked for years as Bronwn's accountants)
I’m a Jew from the south, we stick out like sore thumbs. No one in my family hunts but we do have thick accents, own pickup trucks and shop at Walmart.
Does SJ stand for Southern Jew? lol. I grew up in Southeastern Massachusetts in a neighborhood which was about 75% Jewish households. All my Jewish friends were like us non-Jews. Some great people, some jerks, just like every other demographic.
i wonder if larry knew what he was doing after talking about the pressure of making each season of seinfeld better than the last when he then put the pressure on Kevin with the compliments, perfectly demonstrating the very feeling he was talking about
I guess I understand why this isn’t super popular. Like this is a different niche of interview that will likely never be mainstream, but I wish it was.
LARRY's voice calms me; i am always calm btw. I think its a familiar voice for me, after watching Curb so much in the last 20 years. Larry is like an old friend. What he said about not wanting to be fake and not saying Happy New Year to people- i do the same. It would sound fake out of my mouth.
The Bronx comes from 1600's when there was a Dutchman 'Jonas Bronck and his farm north of Manhattan - people said they were going to the Broncks - and became the Bronx
1.15.00 about texting a few quotes to one another and nothing else. I totally get that. Me and a former collegue of mine do this with names for over 15 years since we left the company. Never seen the guy again but it is part of our daily routines. The sillier the better. For example mr. Bawls, Harry. Still cracks me up.
1:51:20 If I ever make Larry David laugh like that, I'd be bragging about it for the rest of my life... even though the majority of my country dont speak English let alone know LD
"The Brooklyn!" Serious Kevin? As for "The Bronx " There's a river that runs through that borough, "the Bronx River," and like all rivers, they are referred to as "The, as in "The Mississippi." Because of the river, that area/borough was referred to as "The Bronx" and it stuck.
The first Jew to hold a Cabinet position, was a Southerner named Judah P Benjamin. He was Attorney General and Secretary of War. He was also the first Jewish Senator. AND when the South seceded, he went with Louisiana, and become the one and only Secretary of State for the Confederacy.
Larry "noticed some moping on the show". In fact Jason Alexander told Larry in no uncertain terms that if his character George wasn't in every show, he might as well leave and go back to theater.
it's funny cuz its the first pollock show ive seen just now and i felt the same way about the intro. yet i'm not a world class comedian. great interview though. was it insightful? not comparably. As entertaining as an interview has ever been? yessir
If it's not obvious to anyone, this is a repost of an interview last year. Any new interview will numbered. "Kev's Fav" can be thought of as greatest hits.
TIL that Larry kept his job after quitting, I always thought they didn't buy it like what happened to George on the episode of Seinfeld. This was a great interview.
I had a friend who asked his buddies to save their old alligator shirts when they were worn out so they could give the used shirts to him.. My friend then cut out a dozen alligators from the old shirts and sewed them onto the chest of his alligator shirt.
This is the most relaxed I've ever seen Larry David in any interview.Good stuff.
Two old jews talking about jewish eccentricities. What could be easier?
He's surrounded by jews
He's surrounded by jews
Great interview. Kevin IS very good at this. Larry's smile could light a room. : )
I always wanted to meet him at a door, open it and say "Here you are, Mr. Doody. Anything for you, Mr. Doody. Right this way, Mr. Doody."
"may I?....I think you're very good at this"
Larry is definitely a top tier human.
I agree, that was very gracious of him to say that.
Larry David is a national treasure. A true comedic genius.
I love the way Kevin just lets this conversation flow...I've listened to it several times...great stuff!
lol. Larry's reaction to Kevin's Woody Allen impression was genuine joy!
Wow! What an episode. I was laughing for an entire hour and a half. I've NEVER had such an enjoyable podcast experience in my life.
I have watched this at least 5 times. Better than thousands of other interviews.
Kevin really is outstanding because he really listens to the answers.
Interesting that Pollak’s chat show isn’t more popular. He’s killer. I think it’s a little under produced, probably by design.
I haven't finished watching yet but just want to say I am so glad Larry David complemented Kevin so highly. It is absolutely true, he is very good at this.
Are you Kevin’s mom?
It's ovbvious that Larry enjoyed himself here, never saw him so spontaneous and laughing up a storm! When I started to write this he said it himself...
Great show
Keep these coming
Kevin is so
funny 😁
how can a man be so naturally funny, thank you Larry, your work helped me battling depression, yours and Chappelle's
That's so lovely to hear. Curb was the only thing I could watch in my darkest time. Larry rules!
That’s funny cause I’m going through major depression currently and I just started over from the beginning on all seasons.
It’s the one and only show ever that has made me actually laugh out loud. I appreciate comedy but it takes a lot to make me lol. Curb is my very favorite show of all time. There’s no other show I can watch repeatedly and enjoy so much.
Excellent interview. A lot of fun. And yes 34:02, Kevin is very good at this ....
7:30 "Had the family moved to the South when you were a boy..." PERFECT delivery followed by a perfect laugh.
Its funny that "happy new year" found its way into the latest Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Just like show up to work monday like nothing happened ended up in a seinfeld episode.
Spoilers!
Very thoughtful, and excellent interview. Great work Kevin, and staff! "These pretzels are making me Thiiirrrsty!"
The interweaving on "Seinfeld" always amazed me. They tied together completely unrelated things at the end of the show in ways that were always a surprise!
With mist sitcoms that ever were, the ending was the most predictable part of any show; but with Seinfeld, the surprising interacrion of A and B and sometimes C storylines always managed to bring something from out of left field that was always unpredictable, hilarious, and satisfying.
watch curb your enthusiasm episode "the doll"
Only Larry David and Kevin Pollak could keep me entertained for over an hour watching this.
5:00 maybe it would've gone slightly better if the camp director simply said "The future co-creator of Seinfeld, Larry David… please stand up!"
The podcast version has an ad for hair re-growth. I thought it was a joke at first. I started to die laughing!!! I can’t believe this was done on the Larry David episode!!!
By coincidence I once screamed at my boss and walked off, calling him names and telling him, I quit. I waited 3 whole days, before returning. I said nothing, my boss said nothing and I returned to my position, among my fellow workers and continued working for the company for another 15 years.
Underrated.
Lol that's beyond awkward to push under the rug for 15 years. The passive aggressiveness must've been intense
@@billybatts9491 You're right. Because I had a similar situation where I got my ass beat, then proceeded to say nothing about it after, it actually felt good to get my ass beat, because I kinda deserved it, and the tension was crazy, thought I left the job after this, it was for unrelated reasons, bosses son, always leaving me a bunch of dishes, left him the same pile of shit, even though that's against my current morals, I usually like to lead by example now rather than hateful, spiteful backtalk and charades.
@@billybatts9491 But to clarify, I didn't leave him the pile of shit to get back at him, I just didn't care about the company anymore, and they didn't do anything good for me in terms of respect and a helping hand, at least in the term of fair distribution of work. They were friendly to me at times, and I respect that, and he had a good man code seemingly, the boss that is, not the owners son, who also had a good man code, relatively. It was really that his son also worked for us, and would leave an unfair distribution or work, as well as ignorance in the kitchen, that got me to leave.
@@billybatts9491 In regards to my statement, I was probably projecting about a situation that is ongoing
Wow, Kevin is an amazing interviewer which made Larry very comfortable and in turn got some great insight from the comedy mastermind.
Great interview! I'm late to the party finding out how good Kevin Pollak is in this format. Excellent job.
What made CYE so special is how they captured true human nature. All their scenes are organic and improvised. It's a tongue-in-cheek parody of the Hollywood mainstream media culture, and their petty self-righteous narcissism in their own little gated communities. The setting writes the jokes for itself... All the characters have to do is react.
It assuredly does not write itself... LD is a master of his craft, the hallmark of genius is in your reaction: it appears to be simple but that is deceptive. No animosity meant by the way, always wary on you tube comments in case they escalate to calling each other Hitler :)
@@icemaglite It's well-known that CYE had basically no script. All the actors and even Larry David himself says that. Watch the documentary. Larry David hated writing scripts, going all the way back to Seinfield. So, beyond an extremely vague outline of the set and setting, everything was improvised and organic reactions. In that sense, the comedy does write itself. It's all done on the fly. That's what made it great and so relatable, despite how hilariously absurd it can be. And that's what truly makes a comedic genius. Not script-writing. There's no complexity in it. He's just a naturally hilarious person and surrounded himself with a great improvisational cast and turned the cameras on. It was most definitely simple. Simply comedy. That's rare and novel these days.
@@veritaslibertas4976 the situations are very meticulously worked out. He couldn't possibly have a story arc for an entire season without a tight structure. Have a look at him talking to Ricky Gervais, he shows him a typical breakdown, for one episode (think it was the carpool lane, but don't quote me on that), they're about 7 pages of solid text. It's planned, but has scope to improvise within the scene.
@@veritaslibertas4976 I also agree, it's fantastic comedy. The man is a genius.
@@icemaglite Well Larry David himself, along with all the cast, disagree with you lol.. The cast said that many times, they didn't even fully know what the scene would be about. As I said, watch the documentary. There is only an extremely short script with only a vague description of the set and setting. Larry David hates writing scripts. It's mostly improvised and off-the-cuff. Their words, not mine. So until you watch the documentary, we'll just have to agree to disagree.
One of the best episodes of a podcast I've ever watched, loved this!
Great. As always Kevin. Keep doing what you're doing. Of course with Larry it's pretty much can't miss. Just a head's up, I contributed $4.50 to Save the Bay Foundation in your name. I won't be surprised if you get a short note of gratitude from them. They're nice people and deserve our support.
Comic genius - how larry was able to interweave the stories on seinfeld
I was at the Improv in NYC on a Saturday night with some good friends a few decades ago and David Brenner happened to be in the audience. So the MC introduced David who stood up and everyone gave him a big round of applause. Then the MC proceeded to goad the audience into getting Brenner to favor us with a joke. The more David kept shaking his hand and head to indicate "No way!," the more the MC and audience applauded, so finally Brenner relented. He took the mic and began to tell a joke and he was so fucked up on quasudes or something, he could barely talk and the joke fell flat on its face. Lesson learned. Haha
I choose not to participate! Woops I just did! Lol
No stupid questions....lol
Best interview ever!
agree about 'The Doll'- I was crying at the end.
Even when Kevin speaks normally, I can still hear a little bit of Christopher Walken lilt to his voice. LMAO.
Very nice interview for sure, natural and funny
I'm not an old Jewish man but I have one in my head.
The coaster is because somebody there respects wood,
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha :)
Underrated comment! 😂😂
That was pretty...pretty...pretty...pretty.......🤣
Fantastic interview, real comfortable atmosphere and good humour from all 3 parties.
I didn't know Pollack had a show like this, but one episode later I am a big fan!
Also, what a nice surprise to see Levine... I really loved him on Freaks and Geeks.
That's a really good interview. Thanks!
This is extra funny since this was a thing in his show about 2 weeks ago. I am talking about the opening about when to stop saying Happy New Years.
34:01 "By the way....may I?" Hahahaha, that´s fantastic! Hilarious. (and he´s right, by the way)
such a good line
This is my first time seeing your show. It was great. Subscribed.
This is a wonderful interview
Kevin IS really good at interviewing, like Larry said. He should have a network talkshow, he's great.
...my first time catching Kevin Pollak's chat show. He is terrific on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...plays so well in the scenes with Tony Shalhoub...particularly the ones I recall from the Catkills resort episode. Miss what I assume to have been the prime time of the Jewish Catskills...I worked in Liberty, NY at a special ed. camp from 1981-1984....Singer's Restaurant in Liberty, as well as Grossinger's (famous for golf and rye bread were both closed by 1986)...same with so many area resorts like Kutscher's, Brown's...eventually The Concord. (sigh) The MMM show really seemed to bring the smaller family resort to life (at least from what the 'old-timers' told me...including a couple...the Itzkowitz's who worked for years as Bronwn's accountants)
I’m a Larry David aficionado and this is the best Larry David interviews have ever seen. Kevin Pollack is over qualified. Wow
4:35 - I just keep picturing a younger Larry at camp, but he looks exactly the way he does now.
What a fantastic interview.
I’m a Jew from the south, we stick out like sore thumbs. No one in my family hunts but we do have thick accents, own pickup trucks and shop at Walmart.
Does SJ stand for Southern Jew? lol. I grew up in Southeastern Massachusetts in a neighborhood which was about 75% Jewish households. All my Jewish friends were like us non-Jews. Some great people, some jerks, just like every other demographic.
i wonder if larry knew what he was doing after talking about the pressure of making each season of seinfeld better than the last when he then put the pressure on Kevin with the compliments, perfectly demonstrating the very feeling he was talking about
I guess I understand why this isn’t super popular. Like this is a different niche of interview that will likely never be mainstream, but I wish it was.
Larry's fear and self-loathing is so relatable
He was into women in a way that somone with self-loathing never would be.
@@atengawolsrep - I'm self loathing and I have a girlfriend, Larry hates himself
Great show, so brilliantly honest!
"Now explain that to the folks at home"
Like pulling teeth, getting Larry to expound too much on his on own successes. lol
Please never delete this
2:20 if you want to skip to Larry.
LARRY's voice calms me; i am always calm btw. I think its a familiar voice for me, after watching Curb so much in the last 20 years. Larry is like an old friend. What he said about not wanting to be fake and not saying Happy New Year to people- i do the same. It would sound fake out of my mouth.
Is this where Larry got the Happy New Years idea for the first episode of season 10 of Curb?
when larry laughs he looks like a spooky skeleton
Lol!! He does!!!
Don’t make him more self conscious
He looks like a spooky skeleton in general.
Pretty pretty pretty...😆😆😆👊😷
Scrolled just to find a comment like this lol
Larry's years at SNL were it's peak of creativity and originality.
Years? You mean year
The involuntary mumbling to oneself has been overlooked.
"are you familiar with this site reddit?"
"No"
Lol
Larry David. The Master of Minutiae.
What a cracking show didnt want it to end fucking love you guys
Whoa, Kevin started the interview with the New-Year bit from the new episode of CYE ( 2020 )
The Bronx comes from 1600's when there was a Dutchman 'Jonas Bronck and his farm north of Manhattan - people said they were going to the Broncks - and became the Bronx
how to go panicking through life, making up as you go, and succeed.
“I was fortified for the first show,” - he couldn’t help using a military analogy to describe SNL.
1.15.00 about texting a few quotes to one another and nothing else. I totally get that. Me and a former collegue of mine do this with names for over 15 years since we left the company. Never seen the guy again but it is part of our daily routines. The sillier the better. For example mr. Bawls, Harry. Still cracks me up.
"Home For Purim", a Southern Jewish epic.
1:51:20 If I ever make Larry David laugh like that, I'd be bragging about it for the rest of my life... even though the majority of my country dont speak English let alone know LD
The Pothole: A gem, the pinnacle of film comedy.
Excellent 👍👍
This may be the most skilled interviewer I've ever seen. I knew Pollak was funny, I never knew he was skilled at drawing people out.
34:01 is so classic Larry David 🤣
Nice!! First episode I’ve seen, but it will not be the last
I attended the Kevin Pollack show where they had Weird Al back in the mid 2000s
love both these guys
Kevin Pollack knows everyone lol
Amazing interview and host. Nothing else to say
"The Brooklyn!" Serious Kevin? As for "The Bronx " There's a river that runs through that borough, "the Bronx River," and like all rivers, they are referred to as "The, as in "The Mississippi." Because of the river, that area/borough was referred to as "The Bronx" and it stuck.
that lady wasn’t having. it 😂😂
I have to say it's hard to both do a good job and secretly desire to be cancelled
the table was a coaster
FYI: Original Improv (NY) was started in 1963.
The first Jew to hold a Cabinet position, was a Southerner named Judah P Benjamin. He was Attorney General and Secretary of War.
He was also the first Jewish Senator.
AND when the South seceded, he went with Louisiana, and become the one and only Secretary of State for the Confederacy.
I was gonna say is Larry still in the dressing room ffs?🤣🤣
When a year ages the slightest bit it’s no longer new and, it can be argued, no longer happy.
Larry "noticed some moping on the show". In fact Jason Alexander told Larry in no uncertain terms that if his character George wasn't in every show, he might as well leave and go back to theater.
That show was nothing without George anyway
Indeed good stuff!
enjoyed the interview
This is the most comfortable and engaging that Larry has been in any interview, ever. Kudos to Kevin.
it's funny cuz its the first pollock show ive seen just now and i felt the same way about the intro. yet i'm not a world class comedian. great interview though. was it insightful? not comparably. As entertaining as an interview has ever been? yessir
If it's not obvious to anyone, this is a repost of an interview last year. Any new interview will numbered. "Kev's Fav" can be thought of as greatest hits.
LD must owe this people something big to stay in such interview.
I’m trying to decipher that comment haha
TIL that Larry kept his job after quitting, I always thought they didn't buy it like what happened to George on the episode of Seinfeld.
This was a great interview.
I had a friend who asked his buddies to save their old alligator shirts when they were worn out so they could give the used shirts to him.. My friend then cut out a dozen alligators from the old shirts and sewed them onto the chest of his alligator shirt.
I just discovered Larry's daughter's web series Eighty-Sixed. She is SOOOOO Larry. She got the genius gene.
watching 2021 from ecuador !
Top 5 episode of Curb. Pretty good...pretty pretttaaayyyyy pretty good.
Larry is great and Kev is a great interviewer
I think Larry Dvid tenure on SNL was significant because he met Julia Louis Dreyfus.